Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
20 | 7 Runs | BAN: 181/7 (18 runs required, RR: 9.05)

  • Abdur Razzak6 (8b)
  • Mominul Haque26 (16b)
  • Lasith Malinga4-0-27-1
  • Shaminda Eranga4-0-37-0

That ends Bangladesh's tour of Sri Lanka, and that is time for us to say good bye. Good bye.

Dinesh Chandimal: "As captain, I am happy about my first win. Kusal Perera gave us the start and we continued after that. We put up a good total, that is why we won. Malinga and Mathews gave me a lot of advice. I could not come up with a good performance but I am happy with the win as captain."

Mushfiqur Rahim: "We gave 20 runs more. That makes a difference. We achieved a lot of positives in the Test and ODIs, but still lot of scope of improvement. One of our goals was to play consistent cricket."

Kusal Perera is the Man of the Match. Kusal: "Enjoyed my knock. Little pace and bounce earlier, after that it came on very nicely. I am not copying anyone, but people say I bat a bit similar to Sanath Jayasuriya. First six overs, I am always trying to hit boundaries with the field restrictions."

Bangladesh falling short by 17 runs. They conceded 19 wides to Sri Lanka's five, leaked 56 runs from overs 17 to 19 in Sri Lanka's innings, and Ashraful got a poor decision.

Sri Lanka stay at the top of the ICC T20 rankings. Victory for Chandimal in his first game as captain. He has Kusal Perera, Jeevan Mendis and Thisara Perera to thank

Orko: "Well they never gave up, must give that to the BD team... I liked the fighting spirit... The pace attack needs to improve drastically; it's all that this comes down to..."

19.6
1
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, digs out a yorker around leg down the ground

Bangladesh's highest score in a T20 chase

19.5
3
Malinga to Mominul Haque, 3 runs, swung away through midwicket, pulled back just inside
19.4
0
Malinga to Mominul Haque, no run, swinging away, just inside the marker, very full, and he misses again
19.3
0
Malinga to Mominul Haque, no run, can't connect with a one in the blockhole widish outside off
19.2
2
Malinga to Mominul Haque, 2 runs, widish full toss eased down to the sweeper
19.1
1
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, makes some room and drives a full one hard, but straight to extra cover on the edge of the circle

Bangladesh have come reasonably close in the end

END OF OVER:
19 | 13 Runs | BAN: 174/7 (25 runs required from 6 balls, RR: 9.15, RRR: 25.00)

  • Mominul Haque21 (12b)
  • Abdur Razzak4 (6b)
  • Shaminda Eranga4-0-37-0
  • Lasith Malinga3-0-20-1
18.6
6
Eranga to Mominul Haque, SIX, gets maximum off the last ball with a swing over deep midwicket to a full delivery
18.6
1w
Eranga to Mominul Haque, 1 wide, goes down and tumbles as he fails to connect with the scoop
18.6
1w
Eranga to Mominul Haque, 1 wide, straight and wide down leg
18.5
1
Eranga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, slashed down to third man
18.4
1
Eranga to Mominul Haque, 1 run, very full, he comes out, it becomes a yorker, and he digs it to third man
18.3
1
Eranga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, heaves a full delivery on leg down to deep square
18.2
1
Eranga to Mominul Haque, 1 run, full toss hit to midwicket
18.1
1
Eranga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, pitches outside leg and hits him on the thigh pad, and it rolls to off for them to scamper a single

END OF OVER:
18 | 6 Runs 1 Wkt | BAN: 161/7 (38 runs required from 12 balls, RR: 8.94, RRR: 19.00)

  • Mominul Haque13 (9b)
  • Abdur Razzak1 (3b)
  • Lasith Malinga3-0-20-1
  • Sachithra Senanayake4-0-29-1
17.6
4
Malinga to Mominul Haque, FOUR, takes on the bounce outside off and upper-cuts it into the short third man boundary

rahman: "Good bye, dear chase; it was nice knowing you :("

17.5
1
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, 1 run, full now, flicked off the pad to deep square
17.4
0
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, no run, hits him on the glove with a shortish delivery even as Razzak tries to get out of the way
17.3
0
Malinga to Abdur Razzak, no run, moves away from a length and bounces to beat the edge
17.2
W
Malinga to Sohag Gazi, OUT, full toss on middle, he backs away and has a go, sends it sailing tamely to midwicket

Sohag Gazi c Mathews b Malinga 9 (12m 7b 1x4 0x6) SR: 128.57

17.1
1
Malinga to Mominul Haque, 1 run, drives a full delivery to mid off

END OF OVER:
17 | 7 Runs | BAN: 155/6 (44 runs required from 18 balls, RR: 9.11, RRR: 14.66)

  • Sohag Gazi9 (6b)
  • Mominul Haque8 (7b)
  • Sachithra Senanayake4-0-29-1
  • Angelo Mathews4-0-37-2
16.6
2
Senanayake to Sohag Gazi, 2 runs, flighted very full and hit out to deep midwicket, they make it back for a tight second
16.5
1
Senanayake to Mominul Haque, 1 run, cannot get under the ball, skips out, but has to push along the ground to long on
16.4
1
Senanayake to Sohag Gazi, 1 run, comes down and heaves down to long on
16.3
1
Senanayake to Mominul Haque, 1 run, goes down for a slog sweep, misses, and the ball runs behind point, another shout for lbw, could have been an inside edge, umpire thought so, given as runs
16.2
1
Senanayake to Sohag Gazi, 1 run, dropped flat and shortish, hit down to long on
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Bangladesh 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st9Mohammad AshrafulShamsur Rahman
2nd18Mohammad AshrafulJahurul Islam
3rd41Mohammad AshrafulMushfiqur Rahim
4th17Mushfiqur RahimNasir Hossain
5th50MahmudullahMushfiqur Rahim
6th2MahmudullahMominul Haque
7th19Mominul HaqueSohag Gazi
8th25Abdur RazzakMominul Haque